Stagg Memorial Stadium on the campus of University of the Pacific is being torn down and will be converted into a sports complex.

It's been unused since 2011 and - save some earlier soccer games, high school football playoff games, an annual drum and bugle corps event, etc. - has mostly sat idle since Pacific dropped football in 1995.

Some photos taken by Stockton's Robert Bellin ended up on Facebook that showed the stadium overgrown with weeds and decay before demolition starts.

The passing of this stadium torch caused some residents to get sentimental on the Stockton History site on Facebook. A sampling:

» Heidi Flood: "This makes me want to cry."

» Sherry Williams: "This is soooo sad. It was a great stadium. Saw many Tiger games there when I was in high school and later."

» Carmen Supnet Teczon: "My niece and nephew graduated in 2005 from Stagg and we went here for the ceremony. There were even some Sac-Joaquin football games played here around that time."

» Randa Comstock: "So many memories. Fourth of July fireworks in the 50's when there was a fire in the stands in front of me. Countless high school football games, graduating from Stagg High School, walking from the school to the staduim when (coach) A.A. Stagg died ..."

» David Stuart: "So far from the glory days (I loved Dick Bass)."

» Betty D. Coplin: "This isn't the stadium they used for the Moonlight Classics (drum and bugle corps competition) is it?"

» Roy Perez: "Yes. The Moonlight Classic was the last event held at this stadium in June 2011."

» Ellie Lima-Benton: "I got to see the plans (for the new facility) last week. It's going to be awesome!"

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